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For college seniors there should be a week of being allowed to cry. Just break down and cry because you are scared and don’t know what’s next. Bill Cosby Parents are people who yell and they yell and they yell and they yell. And you already have the point… and they’re still yelling. Bill Cosby Raising children is an incredibly …

I’ve done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price – which has been the case most of the time. Paulo Coelho Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost? Paulo Coelho Twitter is my bar. I sit at the …

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. Aristotle Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. Aristotle Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of …

We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last. Muhammad Ali My way of joking is to tell the truth. That’s the funniest joke in the world. Muhammad Ali The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his …

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Winston Churchill A man does what he must – in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures – and that is the basis of all human morality. Winston Churchill …

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. Edmund Burke The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions. Edmund Burke All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice. Edmund Burke It is, generally, in the …

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves – and the better the teacher, the better the student body. Warren Buffett Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it. Warren Buffett The business schools reward difficult …

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. Buddha We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. Buddha Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be …

It never bothered me when people would say, ‘You only win championships because you’re playing with Shaq.’ It bothered me when he said it. Kobe Bryant If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining to do. Kobe Bryant Sports are such a great teacher. I think …

Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold. Bob Marley Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me. Bob Marley You not supposed to feel down over whatever happen to you. I mean, you’re …

If you have not taken the time to define what happiness means to you, what have your spent your whole life pursuing? Bo Bennett If you are only doing what you are getting paid for, and doing it no better than the average employee, then your pay is most likely right where it should be. Bo Bennett Success is about …

I’ve been pretty focused my entire life, and now that I have a family, I’m just going to keep that focus, but it’s going to be a family focus. Wiz Khalifa Just growing up in Pittsburgh and knowing different neighborhoods, having family there and just loving it, it’s like no other place. Wiz Khalifa My live performance, it just comes …

My dad is a great writer. Naturally talented, naturally charming. He embodies that back-in-the-day cool. Drake Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words. Drake To go indie is a thing. But to put an album in the stores, you need a distribution label. …

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn’t any. Marilyn Monroe Men who think that a woman’s past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak. Marilyn Monroe First, I’m trying to prove to myself that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll convince myself …

We can’t have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves. Thomas Aquinas Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him. Thomas Aquinas The truth of our faith becomes a matter of …

Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. I think that each one of us is born with creativity. Maya Angelou Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, …

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible. Maya Angelou Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. Maya Angelou Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and …

I’m such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own. Woody Allen I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen I’m very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch. Woody Allen I’d call him a sadistic, hippophilic necrophile, but that …